The 2018 FIFA World Cup scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018 is the 21st FIFA World Cup international football tournament and the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany.

An “horrific accident” – as it was described – occurred at a Long Island high school, in Sachem East High in Farmingville, N.Y., on Thursday. “A group of athletes were performing a drill carrying a large log overhead when the log fell and struck Joshua Mileto, a student at the school, in the head,” Suffolk County police said in a statement.

Football world is in mourning. Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori has died at the age of 31 following a "sudden illness". Astori travelled with Fiorentina squad on Saturday. He was found dead at the La di Moret hotel in Udine, ahead of the Viola's meeting with Udinese on Sunday.

Ángel María Villar, 67, the president of the Spanish soccer federation and a FIFA vice president, was arrested on Tuesday as part of a fraud investigation relating to matches played by Spain’s national team. He was detained alongside his son, Gorka, and other soccer officials.